The MetricStream GRC Journey methodology integrates GRC technologies and programs across business, IT, and security functions as we enable organizations to realize the vision of Pervasive GRC. Rich content from GRCIntelligence.com and thriving communities like ComplianceOnline.com, as well as MetricStream Special Interest Groups (mSIGs) support the ongoing success of our customers through real-time content feeds and best practices embedded in our Apps.

Leading companies across industry verticals are benefiting from MetricStream’s simple and modular approach to GRC that is transforming risk management in a business environment that is increasingly mobile, social, global, and virtual. We have been consistently rated as a market leader by leading analysts, and have received several awards and recognitions for product innovation and customer success.

Gunjan Sinha

Executive Chairman

Gunjan Sinha is responsible for leading MetricStream’s overall strategy and execution. Gunjan currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Silicon Valley companies, and was appointed in 2010 to the Board of the US-India Science and Technology Research Endowment Fund by the US State Department to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Additionally, he is the Chairman of CFHI.org which brings transformative healthcare education to under-served communities.

Over the course of his career, Gunjan has spent over 20 years in various entrepreneurial, board, and executive positions building innovative businesses. He was the Co-Founder and President of WhoWhere? Inc., a leading Internet directory services company that was acquired by Lycos in 1998, as well as eGain, an online customer service company which he built from inception to post NASDAQ IPO.

Gunjan obtained his BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and UC Santa Cruz, respectively. He also holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University. Gunjan has been featured as one of the 50 most successful immigrant entrepreneurs in the US by Silicon India.

Mikael Hagstroem

President and CEO, MetricStream

Mikael Hagstroem

President and CEO, MetricStream

Mikael Hagstroem serves as the President and CEO of MetricStream, a global market leader in GRC.

Mikael brings decades of senior leadership experience in driving value through enterprise software, big data and applied analytics. He has renowned expertise in helping companies across a wide range of industries harness high-performance analytics to reshape their business models, modernize their organizations, and unlock competitive advantage and growth.

Previously, Mikael served as Partner and COO of McKinsey Analytics, where he helped build a 1,300-employee capability delivering distinct global impact. Prior to McKinsey, Mikael was EVP at SAS Institute, where he led more than 5,000 employees across 48 countries and over 25 years grew a multibillion-dollar software business, contributing to SAS’ leadership in business analytics and risk intelligence.

Mikael currently serves on the executive committee of the United States Council for International Business. Previously, he served as chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development and the chair of the Executive Council of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union.

Shellye Archambeau

Board Director, MetricStream

Shellye Archambeau

Board Director, MetricStream

Ms. Archambeau serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ], Nordstrom [NYSE: JWN], and MetricStream. She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, compliance and quality software company that enables corporations to improve their business operations through better risk management across the enterprise. Ms. Archambeau built the company into a global market leader with over 1200 employees serving customers around the world.

Ms. Archambeau has over 25 years of experience in technology leading organizations focused on business to business as well as business to consumer. She is a recognized expert in marketing and co-authored, "Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Profits to Any Sized Company." She has held EVP of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer roles for two public companies and as President of Blockbuster.com, launched the entertainment retailer’s first online presence.

Ms. Archambeau has proven global business expertise combined with public policy passion. As a member of the board of directors for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a nationally recognized organization focused on fostering a cooperative effort between business and government officials to address major public policy issues affecting Silicon Valley, Ms. Archambeau has led initiatives and Washington DC delegations to address regulatory compliance and improve governance regulations.

In addition to being recognized as one of the "Top Women of Influence" in Silicon Valley in 2008, she was named one of the "Top 50 African Americans in IT" in 2009 and the second most influential African American in IT by Business Insider in 2013.

Edward A. Gilhuly

Sageview Capital

Edward A. Gilhuly

Sageview Capital

Edward Gilhuly is a founding partner of Sageview Capital, LP, an investment firm providing growth capital to small and mid-sized companies in the energy, financial and business services, and technology sectors. Sageview has over $1 billion under management.

Prior to founding Sageview Capital, Edward was at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) for 19 years. He joined KKR in 1986 in San Francisco, became a partner in 1995, and from 1998 until 2004. he lived in London where he established and oversaw all aspects of KKR’s business in Europe. He also served on KKR’s Investment Committee from its inception in 2000 until his departure in 2005.

Edward has an MBA (Arjay Miller Scholar) from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; worked in the mergers and acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York; and graduated from Duke University with a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in History and Economics in 1982.

Edward has been on over 20 corporate boards, and is currently a member of the board of directors of Alfresco, Avalara, Envivio, Exaro III, and GoPro, as well as chairman of the board of the Duke Management Company, and a member of the board of trustees of Duke University.

Kenneth T. Latz

Conway MacKenzie

Kenneth T. Latz

Conway MacKenzie

Kenneth Latz is a Managing Director in Conway MacKenzie’s restructuring practice, and leader of the firm’s Institutional Investor Services group . Kenneth has over 16 years of experience in financial and operational restructuring, private equity, merger and acquisition advisory services and the management of performing and under-performing companies.

As a restructuring advisor, Kenneth has represented the interests of debtor and creditor constituencies in out-of-court restructurings and formal bankruptcy settings in a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and distribution.

Kenneth has also served in various executive management roles for performing and under-performing companies including, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, Corporate Controller and Treasurer across a variety of industries and situations.

As leader of Conway MacKenzie’s Institutional Investor Services Group , Kenneth oversees the deployment of the firm’s strategy for the provision of portfolio management and other advisory services to help institutional investors preserve and maximize the value of alternative investments during circumstances of fund-level restructuring, distress, conflict or transition.

Kenneth is currently serving as Managing Director of a middle-market private equity fund following a for-cause removal of the former general partner by the fund’s limited partners.

Kenneth is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Certified Turnaround Professional. He has received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and holds memberships in the Turnaround Management Association, the Association for Corporate Growth, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Scott Ogur

Managing Director, CFO

Scott Ogur

Managing Director, CFO

Scott Ogur, CFA is the CFO, and Managing Director, Private Equity at Spruce Investment Advisors. In these roles, Scott focuses on corporate advisory, direct and co-investing and the firm’s private equity fund of funds business. In addition, he has responsibility for accounting, finance, and human resources. He brings over ten years of advisory and transaction experience.

Earlier in his career, Scott was the Chief Investment Officer and CFO of Scimitar, a Dubai-based private equity firm. At Scimitar, Scott was responsible for transaction due diligence, negotiation support, portfolio company monitoring, and macroeconomic and geopolitical analysis. He was a board member or observer for five portfolio companies, and provided strategic, accounting, and financial advice to the management teams of all of the firm’s portfolio companies.

After Scimitar, Scott was the CFO of Algorithmic Trading Management, where he led deal negotiations for its sale. Scott has also held CFO or interim CFO positions at companies in the consumer services, financial services, and security services industries. Prior to Scimitar, Scott spent three years as a portfolio manager at the JPMorgan Private Bank, where he managed in excess of $1 billion for high net worth individuals and family foundations.

Scott received his MBA with distinction from NYU’s Stern School of Business and BS cum laude in Business Administration (Accounting) from Bucknell University.

Scott Arnold

Independent

Scott Arnold

Independent

Scott Arnold has deep experience in enterprise software including both roles as an operator and a strategic consultant.

Scott is a seasoned software CEO, most recently serving as President and CEO of AppSense, the leading global provider of user environment management solutions that secure and manage over 9M endpoints.

Prior to AppSense, Scott was President and CEO of MarketTools, a leading online market research firm providing technology platforms and related research services to drive actionable consumer insights.

Scott also served as Chief Operating Officer and interim CEO at Borland Software Corporation. Borland provided a suite of tools to help software development organizations be more productive.

Earlier in his career, Scott was a Principal with McKinsey & Company and led the technology and telecom practices on the US West Coast. At McKinsey, he served clients in software, hardware, wireless, aerospace, and telecom markets.

Scott has an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.

Prashant Mehrotra

Clearlake Capital

Prashant Mehrotra

Clearlake Capital

Prashant Mehrotra is a Partner at Clearlake Capital, a leading private investment firm with over $3.5 billion assets under management. With a sector-focused approach, Clearlake seeks to partner with world-class management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake’s operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® Clearlake’s core target sectors are software and technology-enabled services; industrials and energy; and consumer.

Prior to joining Clearlake, Prashant was a Principal at Silver Lake Partners, where he focused on investments in technology and technology enabled industries. Before that, Prashant was a Principal at Tennenbaum Capital Partners where he focused on special situations investments, and he began his career in investment banking in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Prashant currently serves as a director on several Clearlake portfolio boards, including Ivanti Software, NetDocuments, and Syncsort. He also serves on the board of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM). Prashant graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, where he was also a Mayfield Fellow, and he received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

David Campbell

Goldman Sachs

David Campbell

Goldman Sachs

David Campbell is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division, investing in growth stage enterprise technology companies since 2004. He also serves on a number of technology company boards.

Previously, David held senior roles within Goldman's Technology Group, including global infrastructure architecture, and in 2002, he was elected Technology Fellow. David started his career developing industry and military technology, and in 1990, he moved to Japan to work in the Fujitsu super computer R&D division. In 1994, he joined Goldman Sachs in Japan, and relocated to New York in 1998.

David has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a BA from Queensland University, Australia.

Randy Pond

Cisco Systems

Randy Pond

Cisco Systems

Randy Pond oversees the function of corporate affairs, and leads Cisco’s global philanthropy efforts as Trustee and Secretary of Cisco’s Foundation and Network Academies. Randy serves as executive sponsor for Cisco’s Community Relations and Sustainability efforts, as well as country sponsor for the company’s work in South Africa. Randy has also been a March of Dimes volunteer since 2005, is a member of the California Chapter’s South Bay Division Board, and is currently serving as board chair.

Previously Randy was Executive Vice President of Operations, Processes, and Systems at Cisco, where he oversaw the functions of human resources, information technology, global business services, corporate affairs, supply chain operations, and legal services. Prior to that, as Vice President of Manufacturing, he oversaw all aspects of manufacturing operations, new product introduction, planning, procurement, production operations, distribution and logistics. He joined Cisco in 1993 as Director of Manufacturing Operations through the acquisition of Crescendo Communications.

Randy’s key accomplishments at Cisco include establishing consistent business processes and operational metrics across the company, enabling double-digit productivity growth, redefining the manufacturing model, delivering Cisco’s new business models into operation, and redesigning the employee value proposition.

Prior to joining Cisco, Pond was Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President of Operations at Crescendo Communications. He has also held various finance and operations positions at Versatec, David Systems, Xerox Corporation, Schlumberger, and Arthur Andersen.

He also chairs the board of the Islamic Networks Group, and serves as a board member for CARE USA and the American Leadership Forum (ALF). He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Ball State University in Indiana, is an advisor for the Miller College of Business Board of Advisors, and a Trustee of the Ball State University Foundation.

Gunjan Sinha

Executive Chairman

Gunjan Sinha

Executive Chairman

Gunjan Sinha is responsible for leading MetricStream’s overall strategy and execution. Gunjan currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Silicon Valley companies, and was appointed in 2010 to the Board of the US-India Science and Technology Research Endowment Fund by the US State Department to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Additionally, he is the Chairman of CFHI.org which brings transformative healthcare education to under-served communities.

Over the course of his career, Gunjan has spent over 20 years in various entrepreneurial, board, and executive positions building innovative businesses. He was the Co-Founder and President of WhoWhere? Inc., a leading Internet directory services company that was acquired by Lycos in 1998, as well as eGain, an online customer service company which he built from inception to post NASDAQ IPO.

Gunjan obtained his BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and UC Santa Cruz, respectively. He also holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University. Gunjan has been featured as one of the 50 most successful immigrant entrepreneurs in the US by Silicon India.

Mikael Hagstroem

President and CEO, MetricStream

Mikael Hagstroem

President and CEO, MetricStream

Mikael Hagstroem serves as the President and CEO of MetricStream, a global market leader in GRC.

Mikael brings decades of senior leadership experience in driving value through enterprise software, big data and applied analytics. He has renowned expertise in helping companies across a wide range of industries harness high-performance analytics to reshape their business models, modernize their organizations, and unlock competitive advantage and growth.

Previously, Mikael served as Partner and COO of McKinsey Analytics, where he helped build a 1,300-employee capability delivering distinct global impact. Prior to McKinsey, Mikael was EVP at SAS Institute, where he led more than 5,000 employees across 48 countries and over 25 years grew a multibillion-dollar software business, contributing to SAS’ leadership in business analytics and risk intelligence.

Mikael currently serves on the executive committee of the United States Council for International Business. Previously, he served as chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development and the chair of the Executive Council of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union.

Gaurav Kapoor

Chief Operating Officer

Gaurav Kapoor

Chief Operating Officer

Gaurav Kapoor is responsible for Sales, Marketing, Customer Advocacy, the Partner Ecosystem, and ComplianceOnline.com. He also serves on the board of Regalix, a digital innovation and marketing company.

Until 2010, he served as the CFO of MetricStream. During this time, he led the company’s financial strategy as well as Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships. He also launched ComplianceOnline.com, a MetricStream business unit which has grown to become a leading online GRC community and content property.

Previously, Gaurav held the position of Vice President at OpenGrowth and ArcadiaOne. Prior to that, he spent several years in Marketing, Operations, and Business roles at Citibank in Asia and the U.S.

Gaurav has a Bachelor's degree in Technology (with Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), a degree in Business from FMS, Delhi, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.

Andreas Diggelmann

Chief Technology Officer

Andreas Diggelmann

Chief Technology Officer

Andy Diggelmann has served at SAS Institute, from 1994-2000 in Switzerland, and from 2000-2018 in Cary, NC, in various roles. In his most recent role, as VP Planning, Operations and Strategy, he had accountability for planning, operations and strategy across all R&D divisions of SAS. He was also officially designated the second in command to the CTO and Head of R&D, wherein his responsibilities included overseeing corporate development and planning; performance testing and data architecture; usability; release engineering and deployment; the R&D Data Center; project management; and the R&D centers in India and China.

His focus areas have been to continue to mature R&D processes, stabilize infrastructure, take corrective action when needed, and continue to evolve a strategic customer engagement program for R&D.

In earlier roles, as VP Strategy and Planning, in marketing and R&D, he drove R&D resource allocation across the complete product portfolio. Before that, as Senior Director Strategy, Marketing, he launched the centralized product management function, aligned marketing and product direction globally with a focus on the end-to-end value chain from data access, preparation, analysis and presentation, and established a corporate development and planning function.

At SAS Institute, Switzerland, he created initiatives around data warehousing and data mining, and helped SAS Institute, Switzerland, grow by establishing Professional Services, and Education as profit centers, and Technical Support and Sales Support as support functions.

French Caldwell

Chief Evangelist

French Caldwell

Chief Evangelist

One of the foremost thought leaders in digital business and IT, French Caldwell has been decisively shaping the governance, risk and compliance market for the last 16 years. French is a former Fellow and Vice President at Gartner where he led their GRC research, including the influential Gartner Magic Quadrant on GRC, as well as research into public policy, digital business, and disruptive technology. He also worked with the White House and U.S. Naval War College in 2002 to develop the Digital Pearl Harbor war game, the first ever strategic assessment of cyber war strategies. In 2012, the game took on a very real form with the strategic attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. French is also a retired naval officer and a nuclear submariner. Post-retirement, French served as a diplomatic liaison to NATO for the post-Cold War Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces. As an academic, French served as a Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution, an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and an Adjunct Professor and Graduate Research Advisor at the George Washington University School of Engineering Management. He has written a book on international law, and has over 400 published research papers and articles.

French has earned a Doctor of Law and Policy with a dissertation on the impact of social media and political bots on elections and public policy making. He also has earned a MA in International Economics, Strategy and Diplomacy, and a BS in Oceanography.

Vidya Phalke

Chief Innovation and Cloud Officer

Vidya Phalke

Chief Innovation and Cloud Officer

Vidya Phalke is responsible for MetricStream's technical architecture and strategy. Prior to being promoted to the CTO position, Vidya served as Vice President of Product Management and Engineering at MetricStream where he was responsible for Software Products and Platform Delivery. Starting in 2003, Vidya has been instrumental in transforming the, then nascent, GRC Platform vision into an industry-leading GRC Software.

Over the course of his career, Vidya has held various Senior Product Management and Engineering positions in Bivio Networks, Narus and Network Programs, building enterprise-grade businesses and operations support systems.

Before joining the software Industry, Vidya was an Academic at Rutgers University where he won two SBIR grants for cutting-edge research on Databases and Network Optimization. Besides a PhD in Computer Science from Rutgers University, Vidya holds a Management degree from MIT Sloan and a Bachelor’s degree from IIT, Delhi, India.

Venky Yerrapotu

Executive Vice President of Professional Services & Engineering

Venky Yerrapotu

Executive Vice President of Professional Services & Engineering

Venky Yerrapotu is responsible for engineering and supporting MetricStream's GRC and Quality Management applications. He is also responsible for MetricStream's solution delivery team.

Prior to being promoted to this position, Venky served as the Vice President of Quality Services and Vice President of Product Development and Delivery within MetricStream.

Previously, Venky held senior management positions at Oracle and Apexon. During his career, Venky has been involved with product development, and has also provided consulting services to enterprise customers such as Cisco Systems, Motorola, ADT, GAP, Unocal, and Honeywell.

Venky has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, India, and a Master's degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University.

Rohit Bedi

Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances

Rohit Bedi

Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances

As EVP of Partnerships, Rohit is responsible for leading global partnerships and MetricStream’s ecosystem by enabling the influence, distribution, and delivery capabilities of our partners. Partnerships and alliances are viewed as key drivers of MetricStream’s growth and leadership in the marketplace.

In a career that spans the full lifecycle of enterprise software, Rohit has been involved in building dominant software brands and successful companies that include Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft, Cognizant, and Cymbal. Most recently, Rohit led large company partnerships and strategic businesses in enterprise software at Cognizant. Prior to that, he was part of the executive team that built Cymbal, where he managed worldwide sales, marketing, and partnerships leading to a successful acquisition. At Seibel Systems, he was responsible for key product lines, and the expansion of the partner network which played a big role in Siebel’s distribution and delivery channel expansion. He was also in leadership product marketing roles at PeopleSoft during its rise to becoming a top enterprise software provider.

Rohit enjoys sharing his experience, and advising growing entrepreneurial firms in software and services. He is also passionate about sports, coaching young juniors, and supporting organizations in junior golf. Rohit received his MBA from Harvard University, M.S. from the University of Alabama, and B.E. from Delhi College of Engineering, all with honors.

Vasant Balasubramanian

Senior Vice President of Product Management

Vasant Balasubramanian

Senior Vice President of Product Management

Vasant is responsible for product vision and strategy across MetricStream's GRC and Quality product lines. Over his eight years at MetricStream, Vasant has been a thought-leader in shaping the vision for Integrated GRC, and spearheading key strategic initiatives to drive MetricStream's success in the market.

In a career spanning over 18 years in technology, Vasant has envisioned, designed, and developed market-leading products. He held senior management positions at Mercury Interactive/HP and InterWeave where he focused on building innovative and intuitive products that customers value.

Vasant holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from IIT, Roorkee, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Anindo Banerjea

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Anindo Banerjea

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Dr. Anindo Banerjea is responsible for the development of MetricStream’s GRC Platform, the AppStudio toolkit for rapid application development, and MetricStream’s suite of GRC products.

Prior to MetricStream, Anindo was the CTO at TBD Networks, a company specializing in network technology, virtualization, and data center automation. Previously, Anindo was a Research Professor at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he conducted research and taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on networking and information technology.

He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.Sc. from IIT, Delhi.

Susan Palm

Senior Vice President of Industry Solutions

Susan Palm

Senior Vice President of Industry Solutions

Susan comes to MetricStream with over 27 years of experience as a practitioner in Governance and Risk Management. Most recently, as the Senior Vice President of Audit and Risk at Sterling Savings Bank, Susan was responsible for Audit, Compliance, Fraud, Credit Review, and Enterprise Risk Management. She has also spent several years in consulting.

Prior to that, Susan has also spent over two decades at Norwest and Wells Fargo where she served as the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Governance and Risk Management. She was actively engaged with the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and other regulatory bodies, and has led various National Operational Risk committees, such as the BITS Regulatory Overlap Reconciliation and the Basel ANPR. She is a regular speaker at several forums in GRC.

Susan received her B.A. in Economics from Lawrence University, and graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Executive Program.

Brenda Boultwood

Senior Vice President of Industry Solutions

Brenda Boultwood

Senior Vice President of Industry Solutions

Brenda Boultwood is responsible for a portfolio of key industry verticals, including Energy and Utilities, Federal Agencies, and strategic Banking and Financial Services customers. She also currently serves on the Board of the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO).

Brenda has a rich career in Risk Management. Most recently she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Constellation Energy. Prior to that, she served as Global Head of Strategy, Alternative Investment Services at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, where she developed the strategy for the company’s Hedge Fund Services, Private Equity Fund Services, Leveraged Loan Services, and Global Derivative Services. During her tenure at J.P. Morgan Chase, Brenda also served as Global Head of Strategic Risk Management for its Treasury Services Group, and Global Business Head of Global Derivative Services for its Alternative Investment Services Group.

At Bank One Corporation, she served as Head, Corporate Market Risk Management and Counterparty Credit, and Head of Corporate Operational Risk Management, before advancing to Head, Global Risk Management for the company’s Global Treasury Services Group.

Brenda has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Chemical Bank Corporation. Additionally, she taught the MBA program at the University of Maryland. Brenda was a member of the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee, and has also served on the Board of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).

Brenda graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations. She also earned a PhD in Economics from the City University of New York City College.

George Skaryak

Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas

George Skaryak

Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas

George is responsible for sales in the Americas, has over twenty five years of successful experience in enterprise software sales and sales leadership at several companies such as IBM, 41st Parameter, Candle Corp, Siebel and DWL. At IBM, he was the North America Information Governance Business Unit Executive. More recently, at 41st Parameter, a fraud and security company (acquired by Experian), George was Vice President of Sales North America and EMEA, and subsequently also served as VP of Enterprise Sales at Monster.

George grew up in southern California and attended California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Thomas Ludwig

Vice President of Customer Advocacy

Thomas Ludwig

Vice President of Customer Advocacy

Thomas Ludwig is responsible for representing MetricStream customer interests, as well as production engineering and support. Thomas joined MetricStream through MetricStream's acquisition of TBD Networks/vPanorama, a Silicon Valley based company that built software for GRC and management of virtualized environments and networks.

As Co-Founder and, later, CEO of TBD Networks, Thomas successfully led the development of the company since inception. He also led deployments in some of the world's largest virtualized environments. Previously, Thomas was a Principal at Boldstep Software, a boutique consulting firm specializing in mega-project management in the financial services industry with responsibility for project volumes over USD $60M.

Thomas started his career as a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey & Company, working on projects for clients in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, media, manufacturing, and banking industries.

Thomas holds a B.S and M.S in Computer Science from the University of Technology, Vienna, and a B.A and M.A in Philosophy from the University of Vienna in a joint program with UC Berkeley.

Shankar Bhaskaran

General Manager of International Operations

Shankar Bhaskaran

General Manager of International Operations

Shankar Bhaskaran is responsible for leading the business strategy and execution for Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific markets. At MetricStream, over the last 7 years, Shankar has leveraged the unique India-US business model for outsourced delivery to onsite locations, while setting up the sales and marketing infrastructure, general and administration teams to support scale and delivery.

Shankar has spent over 15 years in enterprise software and technology, media and new media, and has worked with large corporations such as Time & Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Bennet & Coleman, Living Media, Double-click network, and AltaVista among others, in key marketing, corporate, and brand communication roles. Shankar was also head of business solutions for the Asia Pacific markets with Vista Enterprise Solutions.

Shankar has a BS in Computer Science from Madras University, Executive Program from the Indian Institute of Management, and has been trained by professional bodies such as NIS, Huthwaite Research, HFI, and Times School.

Investors

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice, underwriting services, asset management, and prime brokerage to its clients. The firm also engages in market making and private equity deals, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market.

Sageview Capital

Sageview Capital LP is a private investment firm providing growth capital to small and mid-sized companies in the technology, business services, and financial services sectors. The firm’s investments include Alfresco, Avalara, Demandbase, EverBank Financial, GoPro, MetricStream, Reflexis and United Capital, among others. Sageview was founded in 2006 and is led by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, former partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Dean Nelson, former head of KKR Capstone. The firm has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Palo Alto, California.

Kaiser Permanente Ventures

Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente, makes investments in medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, and information technology companies that advance the quality and affordability of healthcare. Since its inception in 1997, Kaiser Permanente Ventures has invested in more than 40 venture-capital backed companies at all stages of development, and contributed organizational expertise, time, and resources to the success of these companies.